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check out what house speaker, john boehner, had to say this week. >> the white house spends three weeks of trying to develop a proposal that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little, not even $400 billion in cuts and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they are willing to cut. it was not a serious proposal. right now, we are almost nowhere. >> oh, mr. boehner, you have got it all wrong. it is a serious proposal, really serious. godfather serious. >>> watching the d.c. drama convinced those of us in nerdland that president obama must be a fan of the francis ford copel la masterpiece. remove the lethal components and there are valuable negotiating lessons that the president seems to be picking up on, like this one. >> my father taught me many things here. he taught me in this room. he caught me keep your friends close but your enemies closer. >> well, president obama keeping his opponents close in hand. lunch with mitt romney. a mid-week summit with the business leaders that supported romney. the ceos of marriott, at&t and state fa
check out what house speaker, john boehner, had to say this week. >> the white house spends three weeks of trying to develop a proposal that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little, not even $400 billion in cuts and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they are willing to cut. it was not a serious proposal. right now, we are almost nowhere. >> oh, mr. boehner, you have got it all wrong. it is a serious proposal, really...
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so, you are dealing -- i kind of feel bad for john boehner, i have to say. he's dealing with a party that refused to raise taxes. meanwhile, 74% of americans want to increase taxes on those making $250,000 or more. two-thirds of the richest americans, the top 1%, making more than 300,000% say they want tax increases on themselves. they are trying to adhere while the country moved in a different direction. >> angela, i have to go to you. you work with the folks on the hill. having dealt with them, what do you think the game is here? is congress to the point i just made or at least the republicans in congress. is the perception they want to bring the government to a standstill? >> i think there are a couple things happening here. you did call it a game. it's a reality. first and foremost, you have a situation where there's not just the fiscal cliff ahead, there's a leadership ahead. you have speaker boehner who demonstrated he cannot lead the most conservative wing of his party. hees been trying to compromise. the reality is the rest of the party does not. the
so, you are dealing -- i kind of feel bad for john boehner, i have to say. he's dealing with a party that refused to raise taxes. meanwhile, 74% of americans want to increase taxes on those making $250,000 or more. two-thirds of the richest americans, the top 1%, making more than 300,000% say they want tax increases on themselves. they are trying to adhere while the country moved in a different direction. >> angela, i have to go to you. you work with the folks on the hill. having dealt...
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boehner. he thought he was going to get that. i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen again. all the tax hikes and cuts will go away and i can propose the obama tax cut for 98% of americans. >> it's interesting. there is this other place where i buy that the press is a process president and would argue for it on domestic politics. he is a a different duck in the foreign policy land. many liberals would have a critique of some of his lack of process in some of the foreign policy stuff. is part of what he's saying that the recalcitrance of the republican house might bring out that aspect of
boehner. he thought he was going to get that. i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen...
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john and boehner and mccain are a little bit incorrect here. we have a culture, democrat, republican, young, old, that has been very slow to accept women as full participants in our society. 100 years ago, they didn't have the right to vote. can you believe that? we have never had a woman president in this country. i have three sisters, and they have taught me so much in my life. but this, this needs to be expanded, not contracted. it needs to include everybody, and i don't care what the papers are. they are human beings, and violence against women, pardon for me having the sniffles this morning, but violence against women is something that republicans and democrats and i know that independents like me will stand for and fight for and it ought not be as small as possible, but it ought to be as large as possible. >> and it used to be a bipartisan issue, and relatively new for it to fall along the partisan lines in this way. >> it absolutely is, and i find myself scratching my head, because we are in election season, and winning the women votes i
john and boehner and mccain are a little bit incorrect here. we have a culture, democrat, republican, young, old, that has been very slow to accept women as full participants in our society. 100 years ago, they didn't have the right to vote. can you believe that? we have never had a woman president in this country. i have three sisters, and they have taught me so much in my life. but this, this needs to be expanded, not contracted. it needs to include everybody, and i don't care what the papers...
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>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the speakership. so he has technically thrown it to the senate. constitutionally it has to go through both houses. >> just constitutional ly. minor detail. >> and boehner is constitutionally dammed because he is getting out of it and burned too much. so if reid and mcconnell can get through the deal that is not filibustered, they have to amend a bill in the house that extends the tax cuts for everybody, and gut that bill, because it has to emerge from there, and then fill it, and hope and pray that boehner can find 30 republicans to vote for it. >> that is the story that you feel when the president is saying that
>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the...
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even the president's political nemesis, john boehner, knows that to be true. >> you had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. that still your mission? >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected, obama care is the law of the land. >> now, of course, boehner promptly walked those comments back later that day. that doesn't make what he said any less of a fact. central to the implementation of that law is the creation of health care exchanges. now, let me explain. these aca exchanges are online marketplaces. in short, websites. the idea is to force insurance companies to play by the same rules and compete for a large pool of customers resulting in less expensive premiums for everyone. here's how it works. let's say you're one of the 50 million people in in country without health care. you're looking to get yourself covered. you'd log on to your state's exchange or call a hotline number. the goal is to shop around for whatever plan works best for you and your family. if you are living at 138% to 400% of the poverty line, th
even the president's political nemesis, john boehner, knows that to be true. >> you had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. that still your mission? >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected, obama care is the law of the land. >> now, of course, boehner promptly walked those comments back later that day. that doesn't make what he said any less of a fact. central to the implementation of that law is the...
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boehner essentially calm down most republicans who are terrified of having this conversation, you have allen west trying to defend his vote in support of the ryan/romney budget. >> we need a referee here. >> the big hoax that's come out already is one week of paul ryan's suitny. there's a media love fest echo chamber that propagated this image, this totally phony that ryan is a leading fiscal conservative. everyone who started to look at this, i have written my columns on this because i had ryan in my sights far long time now. he adds trillions to the debt. hiss budgets don't balance until the 2040s. that's on very dubious assumptions. what fiscal conservative has a 25-year plan to balance the budget? it's a hoax. >> his actual vote, his actual votes for the bush tax cuts, which increased the deficit, his actual vote for the iraq war, which increased the deficit, particularly off the books. >> in fairness he would say he was a junior member and had to do what he was told to do. >> but then -- >> that was the principle. >> right. and the notion of principle versus what he's actually doi
boehner essentially calm down most republicans who are terrified of having this conversation, you have allen west trying to defend his vote in support of the ryan/romney budget. >> we need a referee here. >> the big hoax that's come out already is one week of paul ryan's suitny. there's a media love fest echo chamber that propagated this image, this totally phony that ryan is a leading fiscal conservative. everyone who started to look at this, i have written my columns on this...
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when the president and john boehner able to just get together quietly among themselves, they could have done so. >> that's interesting. we could imagine bainor and president obama coming to an agreement if there weren't all of the tea party noise and the norquist pledge, that sort of thing. >> the other thing to consider is money in politics, the amount to which the system has been flooded with money. money in, people out. and that has created this great divide, because, you know, if you are getting money from americans for prosperity, then you better line up with that agenda, line up with the alec agenda and keep every -- all your ducks in a row so the party can keep getting money so they can keep in power. >> what happens come january when the dust settles and power in washington is still divided is anything going to get done? we ask that question, next. [ female announcer ] we were flattered when regenerist beat a $100 cream. flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream. for about $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than over 20 of america's most expensive luxury cream
when the president and john boehner able to just get together quietly among themselves, they could have done so. >> that's interesting. we could imagine bainor and president obama coming to an agreement if there weren't all of the tea party noise and the norquist pledge, that sort of thing. >> the other thing to consider is money in politics, the amount to which the system has been flooded with money. money in, people out. and that has created this great divide, because, you know,...
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house speaker john boehner tried to beef it up with a statement expressing the import of the role. but announcing candace miller as the chairwoman of the house administration committee on friday. the house administration committee -- the house administration committee on friday, did little to squelch that icky feeling created by this image. these are the 19 previously announced committee chairman and unlike miller, these chairman actually hold rank over committees that work on national budgets and policy. no, your eyes are not deceiving you. want to look again. here it is. you had it right. 19 men, 19 white men and yes, we fully understand that, as republicans maintain the majority in the house, they get to pick the committee chairs and there is seniority to consider. pause with me a second. president obama won the women's vote by 11 points, latino by 44 point, asian-american by 47 points and the african-american by 87 points. he even won other by 20 points. anyway. they have that kind of numbers pundits espousing that democrats are destiny and that the republican party is over. sp
house speaker john boehner tried to beef it up with a statement expressing the import of the role. but announcing candace miller as the chairwoman of the house administration committee on friday. the house administration committee -- the house administration committee on friday, did little to squelch that icky feeling created by this image. these are the 19 previously announced committee chairman and unlike miller, these chairman actually hold rank over committees that work on national budgets...